The Shuon’an Ikkyuji Temple

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by Hugo / on October 19, 2011 at 12:12 pm / in Places of interest, The Shuon'an Ikkyuji Temple

The Shuon’an Ikkyuji Temple Home of the Quick Witted Ikkyu san!

Ikkyu-ji, formally known as the Shuon’an Ikkyu-ji, is a temple dedicated to the famous Zen priest Ikkyu-zenji who rebuilt the temple – which was known as Myosho-ji, built by the high priest Daio-kokushu, at the time – and renamed it Shuon’an in the year 1456, 124 years after it was destroyed in the war of 1331. Ikkyu-zenji (1394-1481) lived the Continue reading «The Shuon’an Ikkyuji Temple Home of the Quick Witted Ikkyu san! »

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